nancy G. On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:18 pm

Love this theme! The photos you have selected are fantastic.

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DebbieL On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:20 pm

wow

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Kim On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:23 pm

The Naked Cowboy? Lord help us!
I love the picture of the little girl with all the flags, the fireworks over the arch (probably because I’m a MO girl) and the baseball players lined up. Oh, and the Jackson Hole picture is stunning. How do you ever decide?!

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Kay Carrasco On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:24 pm

That last one…. so unexpected, so evocative, such incredible echoes from the original. Just. Wow.

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CoriK. On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:26 pm

Holy WOW. My photo made it! Thank you and also a big shout out to the baby corn eater. Definitely one of my favorites so far!! Go Americana!

Are we going to do a Canada series since Canada Day is coming up? It is actually BEFORE the Fourth of July, so….yeah. And what about the other countries? I hope we acknowledge them as well. That would be awesome.

Love the last shot..very beautiful and clever. The one with the all the flags and the baby is awesome too! Good luck picking a winner!

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AnnieJ On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:58 pm

Ree, your next book should be a collection of your readers’ photographs. Each chapter would be a different assignment. The photos that are uploaded to Flickr for each subject are just amazing – so many ways to see the world, whether a bug’s eye view, or a prairie grassland.

Of course the book would have to be several inches thick, because the number of photos that deserve to be included number in the thousands! Thank you, PDub and your readers, for showing us all such an awesome world.

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Big Martha On Tuesday, June 29 at 10:59 pm

SwiftHorse10 has it….our flag on the field of the greatest sport in the US…and check out the names of the players…Stewart….an English name….Towlowitski….a Polish name….Gonzalez…..a Spanish name…..Fowler…another Englishman…..and Hawpe….a good Scottsman…..THAT’S AMERICA!

Thank you for your tweet about our daughter’s Texas wedding photo. The event was just as picture perfect as the beautiful setting and bride. Would love to have you and your family for a visit sometime!!

Maria S. On Tuesday, June 29 at 11:10 pm

The red-head with the watermelon could just as well have been me (red hair, white skin, blue eyes, watermelon on the beach – very American); that last photo is something else, something special, spectacular!

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renee On Tuesday, June 29 at 11:20 pm

Love the Nana!! She reminds me of my MeMaw and all she created and held dear!

hanna On Wednesday, June 30 at 12:11 am

Meredith On Wednesday, June 30 at 12:33 am

As an Aussie, who is just looking with interest at all the photos submitted in this competition, the one that ‘got’ me was the last – such an evocative re-interpretation of a classic moment that says ‘America’ to me. Brilliant.

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Rachel On Wednesday, June 30 at 12:39 am

That last photo is a work of art! Love it.

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Mary Lou Kemp On Wednesday, June 30 at 12:43 am

Loved the last photo by Jason Price. What great photos people are turning in.

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Marian On Wednesday, June 30 at 1:14 am

i absolutely love the last one!! Love the contest even though I’m Canadian- Yea Canada

Kim in MD On Wednesday, June 30 at 5:53 am

Oh man…those brought tears to my eyes…especially the last one… So touching!!!

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Judy On Wednesday, June 30 at 6:39 am

Love all, but particularly the pie and the amber waves of grain!

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Lisa Fliehman On Wednesday, June 30 at 6:45 am

Jason Price, I would love a copy to hang in my office. This picture is stunning beyond words.

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michelle r On Wednesday, June 30 at 6:47 am

how in the world are you going to choose?
Today, LOVE the one of the kids in the vietname vets pose.
Yesterday, LOVED the guy playing guitar on the dock beneath the flag.
All make me realize what a poor photographer I am. Ugh.

cindi On Wednesday, June 30 at 7:16 am

I love the old red truck with the flag on the tailgate. That one is a winner maybe because that is what I want for a truck of my own. Born 100 years to late.

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TLEE On Wednesday, June 30 at 7:27 am

jacka’s photo is of “the most photographed barn in america”. i know because my daughter just came home from 3 weeks at jackson hole and she has several photos of it, too. she has some awesome pictures…such beautiful country!

the jasonprice photo is just wonderful, love it!

my fireworks at stone mountain photos are very americana, too as they light up the carving of the confederate generals of the american civil war riding their horses on the latgest hunk of granite in america.

I am loving this assignment – it would make a great coffee table book! I am so proud of my country. My husband immigrated from England to live here, and I lived in England and traveled Europe for a year when I was in college. Our country is unique and wonderful, and it is so fun reflecting on the things that make us different.

Angela On Wednesday, June 30 at 8:14 am

Jill On Wednesday, June 30 at 8:22 am

Oh Ree, you’re going to have a hard time with this! My fav is the one with the little girl and the flags and the baby with the corn. But I also love that the parade, as Americana as it is, is made even more so because it includes the V.F.W. in it.

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Kelly Eileen On Wednesday, June 30 at 8:25 am

JasonPrice most definitely has to win for creativity and composition and exposure! It’s perfect! Completely rules this theme!

joey selley On Wednesday, June 30 at 8:59 am

I’m loving this set of photos! Shutterbug8162 is a blogging friend of mine, so I am truly loving that she got chosen, I love her photography and this one is excellent! Hulagirlatheart – I love that photo of the stars close-up. I now want to get my hands on a flag so I can try to recreate that! Love it!! KtKatrina – food makes me swoon The stars on stripes on top of the blueberry filling looks so good!

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Alyson On Wednesday, June 30 at 9:12 am

OH MY! I love all of these photos. I have chills along with tears in my eyes.

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Tracey On Wednesday, June 30 at 9:19 am

All the pictures are wonderful, but the last one brought me to tears. Love it!

MelissaH from So. Fla On Wednesday, June 30 at 9:22 am

Sherry Coleman On Wednesday, June 30 at 9:29 am

Wonderful pictures all. But the JasonPrice photo, in addition to being a beautiful shot, is truly a photo essay. It’s a mighty big job we’re laying on the shoulders of the next generation.

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Dawn in Michigan On Wednesday, June 30 at 9:30 am

Carina Olsen’s picture is absolutely perfect!! JasonPrice’s shot deserves to be blown up and hung on a wall! Each so different yet so wonderful! What a great theme – I love the themes that are open to individual interpretation; thanks, Ree!

Elly Oliver On Wednesday, June 30 at 9:58 am

Jason Price deserves to be the big winner! If you don’t get a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye looking at it, you’re made of stone! Yea America! Home of the free, land that of love! Also loved Collin Wright’s fireworks. All pics are truly unique in their own way. God bless America!

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Allison On Wednesday, June 30 at 10:07 am

Martha and Karen B and others beat me to it, but Swifthorse captured America for me in the baseball photo. All the names and all the neck shades, getting along to play as a team: America, or what I wish it could be.